Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Publication Date:
22
December
2016

ISBN: 9781475563115

This paper analyzes food inflation trends in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) from 2000 to 2016 using two
novel datasets of disaggregated CPI baskets. Average food inflation is higher, more volatile, and
similarly persiste...

Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Publication Date:
08
September
2017

ISBN: 9781484314166

This paper examines the growth performance of sub-Saharan African countries since 1960
through the lens of growth turning points (accelerations and decelerations) and periods of
sustained growth (growth spells). Gr...

Publication Date:
22
December
2016

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781475563115.001

ISBN: 9781475563115

This paper analyzes food inflation trends in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) from 2000 to 2016 using two
novel datasets of disaggregated CPI baskets. Average food inflation is higher, more volatile, and
similarly persiste...

Publication Date:
08
September
2017

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484314166.001

ISBN: 9781484314166

This paper examines the growth performance of sub-Saharan African countries since 1960
through the lens of growth turning points (accelerations and decelerations) and periods of
sustained growth (growth spells). Gr...

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484314203.001

ISBN: 9781484314203

More than 15 years ago, many countries in sub-Saharan Africa embarked on a program of
budgetary reform, an important element of which was a medium-term budget framework
(MTBF). This working paper focuses on the per...

Publication Date:
10
July
2017

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484305942.001

ISBN: 9781484305942

The multiple indicator-multiple cause (MIMIC) method is a well-established tool for measuring informal economic activity. However, it has been criticized because GDP is used both as a cause and indicator variable....

Author(s):
Leandro Medina
,
Andrew Jonelis
, and
Mehmet Cangul

Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Publication Date:
10
July
2017

ISBN: 9781484305942

The multiple indicator-multiple cause (MIMIC) method is a well-established tool for measuring informal economic activity. However, it has been criticized because GDP is used both as a cause and indicator variable....

Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Publication Date:
11
September
2017

ISBN: 9781484314203

More than 15 years ago, many countries in sub-Saharan Africa embarked on a program of
budgetary reform, an important element of which was a medium-term budget framework
(MTBF). This working paper focuses on the per...